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Last Update: 09.19.14Arranged Alphabetically

Dire Predictions: Understanding Global WarmingMichael E. Mann and Lee R. Kump DK Publishing Inc., July 2008 ISBN 978-0-7566-3995-2 This book is an "illustrated guide to the findings of the IPCC" and is written by two climate scientists carrying out forefront research. It is designed for readers with no formal background in science and explains in clear language not only the basic science of climate change but the projected impacts of climate change and steps that can be taken to deal with them. Highly recommended.Review by Penn State / AmazonMerchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global WarmingErik M. Conway and Naomi OreskesBloomsbury Press, June 2010 ISBN-13: 9781596916104 ISBN-10: 1596916109 The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. Our scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community leads the world in vehement denial of these dangers. Bloomsbury Press / Amazon

The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines Michael E. Mann Columbia University Press, March 2012 ISBN: 978-0-231-15254-9 In its 2001 report on global climate, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the United Nations prominently featured the “Hockey Stick,” a chart showing global temperature data over the past one thousand years. The Hockey Stick demonstrated that temperature had risen with the increase in industrialization and use of fossil fuels. The inescapable conclusion was that worldwide human activity since the industrial age had raised CO2 levels, trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and warming the planet. Columbia University Press / AmazonReview and Commentary by Dr. Ray Weymann